Considerations about the determination of optical bandgap from diffuse reflectance spectroscopy using the Tauc plot

PR Jubu, OS Obaseki, DI Ajayi, E Danladi… - Journal of Optics, 2024 - Springer
The optical diffuse reflectance data of a semiconductor material is usually converted into the
Kubelka–Munk function before proceeding to process the conventional Tauc's plot from …

Newly fabricated zinc oxide nanoparticles loaded materials for therapeutic nano delivery in experimental cryptosporidiosis

DA Hamdy, MAM Ismail, HM El-Askary… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Cryptosporidiosis is a global health problem that threatens the lives of immunocompromised
patients. This study targets to fabricate and investigate the efficiency of zinc oxide …

Sodium citrate-induced generation of multi-interfacial embroidered spherical SnO 2 for augmented electromagnetic wave absorption

J Lu, X Zhang, X Yan, D Liu, L Wang, Y Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Research into electromagnetic radiation enhancement and frequency band broadening is
growing in popularity with the advance of 5G connected communication technology. As …

Utilization of Ni-Cu/Al2O3 co-deposition composite coatings on mild steel surface via electroplating method and evaluation of its tribological, electrochemical …

MB Sohrabi, H Tavakoli, H Koohestani… - Surface and Coatings …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present study successfully applied Nisingle bondCu and Ni-Cu/Al 2 O 3 composite
layers on St37 steel substrates using sodium citrate and potassium oxalate as complexing …

A study of the UV photodetectors properties based on the effect of TiO2 on ZnO nanorods grown via the chemical bath deposition method on p-type Si (100) substrates

YSM Elzawiei, A Abdulhameed, MR Hashim, MM Halim - Optical Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a heating composition process was used to construct Ti-doped ZnO (Ti/ZnO)
nanocomposites to serve as an active layer in UV detection devices. Prior to synthesis, a …

Effects of irradiation time on the structural, elastic, and optical properties of hexagonal (wurtzite) zinc oxide nanoparticle synthesised via microwave-assisted …

IG Shitu, KK Katibi, A Muhammad… - Optical and Quantum …, 2024 - Springer
Zinc oxide (ZnO) is a vital nanomaterial highly valued in electronics and optoelectronics due
to its remarkable multifunctional properties. This study prepared ZnO nanoparticles using a …

Near room-temperature synthesis of transparent conducting fluorine-doped ZnO thin films as window layer for solar cells

B Paramanik, S Samanta, D Das - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Highly transparent and conducting fluorine-doped ZnO (FZO) thin films were developed by
13.56 MHz RF magnetron sputtering near room-temperature (∼ 45° C) on glass substrates …

Solution processed high aspect ratio ultra-long vertically well-aligned ZnO nano scintillators for potential X-ray imaging applications

SV Kurudirek, M Kurudirek, A Erickson, N Hertel… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
We report the photon (PL), electron (CL) and X-ray (XEL) induced luminescence
characteristics of high aspect ratio ultra-long (~ 50 µm) ZnO nanorods (NRs) and discuss the …

High-concentration F-incorporated ZnO thin films doped via femtosecond-laser hyperdo**

Y Liu, S Jiang, X Zhou, C **a, Q Wu, X Ma, L Chen… - Surfaces and …, 2023 - Elsevier
ZnO is a transparent conductive oxide that has received great attention over the past few
decades, as it is a key component in light-emitting diodes, gas sensors, and solar cells …

[HTML][HTML] Photocatalytic Purification of Orange-II-Dye-Polluted Wastewater Using TiO2-Modified gC3N4 Composite

B Guo, M Uzzaman, M Furukawa, I Tateishi… - C, 2024 - mdpi.com
Textile dyes are considered to be one of the major sources of water pollution due to their
complex chemical structures. Photocatalytic dye degradation is an eco-friendly method that …